u/MoveGloomy6400

Hey everyone. So for a bit of context, I went to the urgent care todav because I noticed my ear starting to slowly get more and more plugged and I guess "reactive" to every day noise. This all started iust todav. I have had tinnitus for vears now and even vesterday I went through a small spike (thankfully had ear plugs in) so I felt okay last night. All that changed earlier this afternoon. It's literallv the worst it's been. The urgent care diagnosed it as "Otitis Media with Effusion" and stated that there's "Tympanic membrane is bulging". They also said it could be the earlv onset of an ear infection but weren't 100% on that so I have a prescription of Prednisone to start in the morning. I'm freaking out. Is there any way this is permanent? For as bad as it sometimes was before this is way, way worse. I don't see how it all of a sudden got so bad. I guess I'm looking for advice or similar experiences. Does something like this go away? I want to say it's most likely not from the noise earlier vesterday. Please give me your thoughts!

Hey everyone. So for a bit of context, I went to the urgent care todav because I noticed my ear starting to slowly get more and more plugged and I guess "reactive" to every day noise. This all started iust todav. I have had tinnitus for vears now and even vesterday I went through a small spike (thankfully had ear plugs in) so I felt okay last night. All that changed earlier this afternoon. It's literallv the worst it's been. The urgent care diagnosed it as "Otitis Media with Effusion" and stated that there's "Tympanic membrane is bulging". They also said it could be the earlv onset of an ear infection but weren't 100% on that so I have a prescription of Prednisone to start in the morning. I'm freaking out. Is there any way this is permanent? For as bad as it sometimes was before this is way, way worse. I don't see how it all of a sudden got so bad. I guess I'm looking for advice or similar experiences. Does something like this go away? I want to say it's most likely not from the noise earlier vesterday. Please give me your thoughts!

Hey everyone. So for a bit of context, I went to the urgent care today because I noticed my ear starting to slowly get more and more plugged and I guess "reactive" to every day noise. This all started just today. I have had tinnitus for years now and even yesterday I went through a small spike (thankfully I had ear plugs in) so I felt okay last night. All that changed earlier this afternoon. It's literally the worst it's been. The urgent care diagnosed it as "Otitis Media with Effusion" and stated that there's "Tympanic membrane is bulging". They also said it could be the early onset of an ear infection but weren't 100% on that so I have a prescription of Prednisone to start in the morning. I'm freaking out. Is there any way this is permanent? For as bad as it sometimes was before this is way, way worse. I don't see how it all of a sudden got so bad. I guess I'm looking for advice or similar experiences. Does something like this go away? I want to say it's most likely not from the noise earlier yesterday. Please give me your thoughts!